Top 6 Sweets Shops in Tokyo to Take Fantastic Photos for Social Media

During sightseeing trips, people take various photos as memento of the trip; of course, pictures of rare landscapes that they cannot see in their homeland, of everyday scenes on the street, or of meals they eat

Nowadays it has become common to post such photos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube etc. and share them with unspecified many people.

Recently in Japan, things with eye-catching appearance are quite popular as their photos get a lot of reaction on the net.

This time I will introduce six sweets stores great for taking pictures and if you upload them on the net, they will gather people’s attention without doubt.

I will focus on shops in Tokyo so that you can drop in easily during your sightseeing trip in Japan, so please give them a try.

1. Shaved Ice Café “Banpaku”

Sangenjaya is a nostalgic downtown of Tokyo where trams still run, and “Banpaku”, a famous café serving shaved ice is there.

The shaved ice is stacked up to the point of spilling out of the container with a plenty of syrup and toppings on the top, and that’s the main feature of their shaved ice.

Their shaved ice with homemade fruit sauce using seasonal fruits is exquisite.

Including chocolate mint flavor, which is rather unusual for shaved ice, there are so many varieties that you will get lost what to choose.

By the way you need to be careful because the store is closed on irregular days.

6. Totti Candy Factory

This candy shop sells various sorts of candies by weight, and it also sells cute cake pops with animals’ faces.

Among them, their cotton candy is the most popular and famous.

“3 colored cotton candy” is a colorful item that has 3 kinds of flavor combination.

For example, “heart cotton candy” comes in a distinctive heart shape and a cute color combination of blue and pink. And there are other cotton candies not only in various shapes and sizes but also in colors and tastes.

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